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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaHaitiLebanon
51,1818,1213,460
52,7828,2793,499
54,4538,4303,554
56,1708,5803,610
57,8608,7393,665
59,5998,9003,721
61,4749,0613,777
63,4799,2163,853
65,5909,3643,954
67,8009,5084,036
70,1149,6524,082
72,5509,5534,097
75,1389,6704,115
77,7929,7934,206
80,5349,9224,696
83,36810,0475,365
86,22910,2545,640
89,19310,4865,688
92,20910,6475,680
95,23210,7885,562
98,32010,9335,331
101,49911,0774,986
104,76711,2154,802
108,17111,3494,713

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Lebanon

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.